Lowering the tackle height in men's rugby has successfully reduced the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests. Recent changes to the tackle height law for community rugby players in ...

Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a new study suggests. Changes to the tackle height law in women's community rugby in ...

Tackle-related injuries remain a problem in the women's game, accounting for up to 67% of all match injuries. World Rugby has committed to funding evidence-informed injury prevention programs, but ...

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is to introduce a trial law lowering the height of a legal tackle, The Times reports. Rugby in crisis: potential strike amid injury and mental health fears Designed to ...

Lowering the tackle height in men’s rugby has successfully reduced the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests. Recent changes to the tackle height law for community rugby players in ...

Objectives RugbySmart is a safe tackle technique education programme. Our objective was to identify whether the RugbySmart-recommended safe tackle technique was exhibited by club rugby players and ...

Rugby remains “a long, long way” from making a law change to lower the tackle height at elite level despite “positive results” from trials in the amateur game, the world governing body said Monday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska safety Nate Gerry was ejected from back-to-back games last season because officials ruled he targeted receivers above the shoulders when tackling them. This year, Gerry ...

Rugby should be on a high. With three wins from four for the provinces last weekend and the return legs of the double-headers to come today and tomorrow, the European buzz is back. Yet for all the ...

The club was started in 2003. Iron Maidens president Skye Leary, 26, discovered the sport in college at Bowling Green State University. Her brother played at Hiram College, so she sought out BG's ...

On the same day Ivy League coaches agreed to cut tackling from regular season football practices, a group of 70 doctors and academics penned an open letter to the British government calling for the ...

Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a novel study suggests. The paper is published in the journal BMJ Open Sport & ...